====== About me ======

{{:bildbearbeitung-whatsapp-torsten-640x640.png?200 |}}I am Torsten Montag – a business economist, teacher, digital entrepreneur and builder of practical digital solutions.

My work sits at the intersection of strategy, execution and digital value creation. Over the years, I have built, scaled, optimized, acquired and sold digital projects with a strong focus on SEO, online marketing, automation, content and real-world usability. Some of these projects created public visibility and substantial reach. Others delivered their value more quietly through process, performance and precision.

===== Selected achievements =====

  * More than 20 years of practical experience in online marketing and digital projects
  * More than 5 million visitors per year across my own web projects
  * Successful Google Top 3 rankings for highly competitive topics such as ''Nebengewerbe'', ''BWL'' and ''Existenzgründung''
  * Reached top positions in Google News for a range of business and entrepreneurship topics
  * Built and managed an 80,000+ subscriber newsletter
  * Built active communities across Facebook, YouTube and forum platforms such as UseBB with more than 30,000 members
  * Accompanied more than 250 business start-ups, including business plans, funding applications and financial planning
  * Sold digital properties with a combined transaction volume of more than €100,000
  * Bought, sold and brokered dozens of web projects – identifying digital potential, increasing value and turning ideas into assets
  * Built and scaled commercial Facebook fan pages designed for reach, engagement and monetization
  * Developed and expanded a social media-based Amazon affiliate project focused on pricing errors, deal visibility and performance-driven traffic
  * Built strong hands-on expertise in eBay selling, with hundreds of completed transactions and coaching experience through Udemy
  * Implemented newsletter automation systems with Klick-Tipp to improve communication, efficiency and scalability
  * Created and successfully presented a strategic SEO case study for Sartorius AG in Göttingen, translating complex market data into clear business recommendations
  * Spoke about online marketing and SEO at SEO CAMPIXX in Berlin, one of Germany’s leading SEO conferences
  * Organized and co-hosted presentations on Generative AI and ChatGPT
  * Founded and organized a regional networking event for webworkers

===== What I work on =====

  * AI workflows and practical automation
  * n8n-based process optimization
  * API-driven business process improvement
  * SEO and content performance
  * website checks, analysis and optimization with Python
  * digital tools with practical business value
  * educational and technical digital formats – quizzes in HTML and JavaScript
  * udemy courses for eBay selling - Check it out [[https://www.udemy.com/course/bei-ebay-erfolgreich-privat-verkaufen/?referralCode=1459BD413780021E7967|Bei eBay erfolgreich privat verkaufen]]

===== Selected project examples =====

==== AI workflows and app development ====

  * Workflows with n8n
  * Lexware API for optimizing invoicing and administrative processes – read the full article about [[https://www.gruenderlexikon.de/news/digitalstrategien-und-ki/wie-ein-workflow-mit-ki-agent-meine-belegverarbeitung-revolutioniert-hat-84233940|Lexware, AI and n8n workflow]]
  * eBay ChatGPT Listing Assistant via eBay API
  * School cloud mail checking workflows
  * EntryScanner via Binance – read my article about [[https://www.gruenderlexikon.de/news/finanzen/wie-kann-ich-einen-bot-bauen-um-coins-mit-guten-einstiegssignalen-zu-finden-84233945| building a Binance API bot in Python]]
  * Calendar-based appointment workflows

===== How I work =====

  * strategic in thinking, practical in execution
  * focused on useful, working solutions
  * able to combine business, content, technology and implementation
  * experienced in building, testing and improving real digital projects
  * entrepreneurial in mindset, pragmatic in delivery
  * curious enough to explore, disciplined enough to ship

===== Why people work with me =====

  * proven digital track record
  * practical implementation instead of empty theory
  * strong mix of business, technology, content and education
  * long-term experience in building real projects with measurable reach
  * clear focus on outcomes, not just ideas or buzzwords

===== Proof of reach =====

The following insights provide selected proof points for traffic, visibility and digital reach built over time across different projects and platforms.

{{:proof:ranking_google_news.png?260|Google News: Ranking of an single article}}
{{:proof:users_per_month.png?260|Google Analytics: Visitors per Month}}
{{:proof:visitors_per_day.png?260|Google Analytics: Visitors per Day}}
{{:proof:visitos_google_news.png?260|Google Search Console: Visitors Google News}}

{{:proof:pagespeed.png?260|Seobility: top pagespeed}}
{{:proof:site_impressions_per_year.png?260|Matomo: site impressions per year}}
{{:proof:visitors_article_month.jpg?260|Google Analytics: Visitors on an article per month}}
{{:proof:3_6_mio_visitors_3_month.jpg?260|Google Search Console: Impressions and clicks in 3 months}}
===== Contact =====

If you would like to get in touch, discuss a project or explore collaboration, feel free to contact me.

[[https://calendly.com/torstenmontag/expressmeeting|Book an appointment]] | [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/torsten-montag-006262215/|LinkedIn]]